Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Nepal has been consistently rising on Save the Children's Mothers' Index‚ with dramatic cuts in maternal and child mortality after the civil war ended in 2006 - David Wright‚ country director‚ Save the Children in Nepal KATHMANDU: Nepal rose five spots on Save the Children’s 2015 Mothers’ Index, overtaking Bhutan …
Speakers at a seminar revealed that the mother mortality ratio (MMR) in Balochistan is as high as 785, whereas the neonatal mortality ratio stands at 63, and the mortality rate of children up to five years of age is 111. “The cause of high mortality rate in children and mothers …
In Pakistan, maternal mortality has reduced by almost half, child mortality decreased by a quarter, expected years of schooling increased by 3.3 years and gross national income per capita rose 270 percent over the past 15 years. These statistics were announced at the launch of Save the Children’s “State of …
Bangladesh has secured 130th position, higher than India and Pakistan, in a list ranking the countries that are the best places for a mother and her children to be living in. The ranking, prepared by the children’s rights organisation Save the Children, also identified Finland as the best and Somalia …
Data for the causes of maternal deaths are needed to inform policies to improve maternal health. We developed and analysed global, regional, and subregional estimates of the causes of maternal death during 2003—09, with a novel method, updating the previous WHO systematic review.
Save the Children’s 15th annual report on the State of the World’s Mothers focuses on saving children and their mothers whose lives are at risk in times of crisis. It is estimated that each day, an estimated 800 mothers and 18,000 young children die from largely preventable causes. Over half …
Exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) during fetal development can increase the risk of adverse health effects during childhood. Maternal characteristics and physiological changes during gestation such as gestational weight gain (GWG) may have an influence in the overall burden of POPs in neonates. However, the associations between GWG and …
The fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG 5) established the goal of a 75% reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR; number of maternal deaths per 100 000 livebirths) between 1990 and 2015. Aimed to measure levels and track trends in maternal mortality, the key causes contributing to maternal death, and …
Remarkable financial and political efforts have been focused on the reduction of child mortality during the past few decades. Timely measurements of levels and trends in under-5 mortality are important to assess progress towards the Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) target of reduction of child mortality by two thirds …
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 Target 5A calls for the reduction of maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. It has been a challenge to assess the extent of progress due to the lack of reliable and accurate maternal mortality data – particularly in developing-country settings where …
The government today announced a monthlong ‘safe motherhood campaign’ with the aim to raise awareness on saving the lives of mothers and children. The Family Health Division under the Department of Health Services will oversee the campaign, themed ‘safe motherhood: A collective responsibility’, which will conclude on May 27. The …
Health has been a neglected issue in past Indian general elections. But this year, it has received more recognition by those vying to lead the world’s largest democracy.
Maharashtra fared the second best in the country after Kerala on maternal mortality rate (MMR) during 2010-12, but Mumbai has recorded a worrisome MMR of 158 this year. MMR refers to the number of women who die per one lakh live births in a given year due to complications arising …
In 2015, world leaders will gather at the UN General Assembly to agree on a new framework that has the potential to shift the course of global development; a framework that could end extreme poverty within a generation. This framework will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – a set …
The survey points out that the rural-urban divide is highest in Assam for infant mortality rate Even as infant and maternal mortality rates dropped significantly in nine states, which account for half the country’s population, the disparity between these rates in urban and rural areas as well as between different …
More female infants die as compared to males All major health indicators in the country’s worst-performing States are showing a gradual improvement over the years but inter-State variations persist, according to the second update on the Annual Health Survey (AHS) released here on Thursday. Districts with the highest and lowest …
Limited research has been done on the relationships between childhood factors and adult physical health related quality of life, with the underlying pathways not fully elucidated. Data from 2292 participants of the British 1946 birth cohort were used to examine the relationship of childhood characteristics and family environment with principal …
Recruitment of women in the periconceptional period to clinical studies using traditional advertising through medical establishments is difficult and slow. Given the widespread use of the internet as a source for medical information and research, we analyze the impact of social media in the second phase of an ongoing randomized, …
The health care delivery system of Maldives is organized into a four-tier referral system with the island level health facilities referring patients to higher level health facilities in the atolls, regions and to central level depending upon the need and service availability. The government is committed to improving the health …
The death of a woman after delivering a child has brought to fore Jharkhand’s poor maternal health status. Chandramuni Kumari, a tribal resident of Ranchi’s Namkum, died on February 20 after delivering a healthy girl child. Ironically, she was one of Jharkhand’s 40,964 Sahiyyas, who are Accredited Social Health Activist …
